The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 572

This day Su Cheng only said that he was tired and went back to the yard early to rest.In the middle of the night, two cat meows came from outside, and Su Cheng got up from the bed.She never let her maidservants keep watch at night, so she quietly changed into her night clothes, put on the fast boots of the ground tiger, tied her hair in a bun, and tied a handkerchief.Nai gently opened the door and walked out.The small courtyard was quiet, Liu Xiaoqi stood smiling and beckoning under the moonlight, saying: "Go out from the back garden, all the way has been arranged."

The two went out of the yard and turned into the back garden.There is a small door at the back corner door, and the woman who went last night has already fallen asleep.Outside the small gate is the alley, and after walking dozens of steps, you can see the west corner gate.The two night watchmen were eating wine and chatting, Liu Xiaoqi moved forward, and seeing the two of them, he passed out.Go through the west corner gate and walk to the street corner. There are two horses tied under the tree.The two of them jumped on the horse and went straight to the inn where Liu Xiaoqi and the others stayed.

It was the first time that Su Cheng and Jia Gui met each other after many years of correspondence. It was a bit late to see each other, and after greeting each other, they began to chatter non-stop.Liu Xiaoqi and Dong Yu looked at each other for half a day, pushing each other to interrupt them.Finally, Su Cheng saw it, and said, "Let's talk about the serious stuff first." The two young men breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Xiaoqi said first, "Today I'm just looking for you to discuss what to do next. Besides," he looked at Jia Gui, "Fu'er is a bit discouraged."

Dong Yu smiled and said: "Not only that, she is still sulking."

Jia Gui argued: "No way! There is no such thing as sulking!"

Dong Yu hurriedly said: "We made a plan on the day sister Su returned to Jingzhou. Fu'er sat in the room writing and drawing, racking her brains to make dry ice—and there is no laboratory, where can I get dry ice? Brother Zhi Qi went out for a while, walked around the street a few times, found a gang of performers, and sold things that burned white smoke."

Jia Gui wrinkled his nose: "Dry ice is the one that leaves the least traces! What if the Deng family finds any traces of the tricks?"

Liu Xiaoqi and Su Cheng looked at each other and couldn't stop laughing.Dong Yu smiled and said: "The Deng family was shocked by these one after another things, how could they bother to investigate? Even if they wanted to, they would not be able to find an expert. You think everyone knows my father. Besides, they are not like you. They are born out of rationality, and they always want to find a scientific basis for an idea. They don’t have this string in their minds.” Jia Gui pursed her mouth and said nothing.

Liu Xiaoqi continued: "I said getting some sulfuric acid would kill the grass on Mrs. Deng's father's grave, and she calculated the chemical equation for half a day. I bought a lot of it for only five taels of silver at the Taoist temple in the city. A jar of green alum oil." Nai and Dong Yu laughed together.

Su Cheng sullenly said, "What's so funny? Fu'er is not a Taoist priest, and has never studied alchemy." But she couldn't hold back her laughter.

Jia Gui puffed up her cheeks: "If you laugh again, I'll get angry!" The three of them laughed even harder.Jia Gui simply lay down on the table, "Forget it, you can talk after you have laughed enough."

Su Cheng held back his smile for a long time, and said, "Is that why you feel uncomfortable? You haven't been out of the island much, so I can't blame you. I want to visit the laboratory of your Starfleet Academy."

Jia Gui sighed, "It's not because of this either."

Dong Yu said: "She was just flustered. The reasoning said that the Deng family had been frightened so much, and they didn't see any flaws. Why are they still refusing to call off the engagement?"

Jia Gui leaned back on the case again, and said weakly: "Aren't they superstitious? Haven't they been frightened like that? That old man Deng is quite clear. If he is confused, why is their family so powerful?"

Su Cheng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Jingzhou is not a capital city, and there are not so many tigers and wolves around. If a family has become a powerful family, it will not be easy to fall if it does not make some serious mistakes. Those who are strong enough to bring down the Deng family, as long as they have no enmity with them, they will be killed." Went to Beijing. As for superstition..." She said calmly, "Didn't it be said in the book? As long as there is enough profit, it's nothing to take risks. I don't expect to just smoke white smoke and die some weeds It can scare their family to withdraw their marriage. These are all strategic applications, the king of Chu and the rich merchants who have their eyes on the chocolate business, and the princes behind the rich merchants are the front forces."

Jia Gui raised his head: "Is their family the big landlord class written in the book?"

Liu Xiaoqi said: "Don't worry about what's written in the book."

Jia Gui said: "I'm thinking, if sending some tenant farmers to Nanyang will pry the roots of their families."

Su Cheng said: "How much effort is that? I don't have any grudges with their family, just get out and get out. By the way, spread the word 'chocolate', don't sell it first, and suffocate them."

Jia Gui clapped his hands and said, "Hungry marketing!"

Dong Yu pulled her aside: "What do you care about marketing, as long as you can make money. It's useless to learn so many words for nothing."

Jia Gui spread his hands: "Am I combining theory with practice? In fact, the school taught that green vitriol oil is dilute sulfuric acid. I didn't think of it."

Su Cheng smiled and said, "What's the point of nagging, she likes what she wants." Nai rubbed his forehead, "Isn't it a matter of discussion?"

Liu Xiaoqi said: "The king of Chu has already been alarmed, I sent someone to blow in his ears, just waiting for others to join in one by one. Also, after scaring the Deng family, they may not immediately retreat. relative."

Su Cheng raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you afraid of copying everyone?"

Liu Xiaoqi said: "I can't bear to let it go. After all, marrying the Su family will bring two great benefits, money and power."

Su Cheng thought for a while: "Do you think they still want to marry my two concubines?"

"Or your brother."

"Don't even think about it!" Su Cheng frowned, "My brother is only so old."

Liu Xiaoqi glanced at her: "Think about how old your brother is. Is he young?"

Su Cheng thought about it, her younger brother is also fourteen, it's not too late to discuss marriage, his brows tightened, "I've met a few girls from their family, and none of them stand out. Anyway, I don't like them."

"If you don't like the girl from the Deng family..." Liu Xiaoqi thought, "Then the Lord Lingtang must take some of your concubine girls under his name."

"No way!" Su Cheng blurted out, "My mother doesn't recognize it."

Liu Xiaoqi said: "Then think about how to deal with it."

Su Cheng waved his hand and said, "What are you going to do? 'Unhappy' is enough."

Liu Xiaoqi said: "It's up to you two whether you are happy or not. Your lord and old Su lord will probably make such a decision for the sake of face and future contacts with the Deng family."

"That's no way." Su Cheng snorted, "Don't drag anyone who wasn't born by my mother."

Jia Gui was a little curious, and poked his head: "What does your family look like?"

Su Cheng pursed his lips: "It's just that someone in the family often makes you unhappy. You just think about going home from outside and being happy, thinking that there are adults who love you at home, so feel at ease. If you are at home There are also a lot of outsiders who are always thinking about how to dig your things from you into their own hands, is it annoying?"

Jia Gui stroked his chin and said, "Why do my father and third uncle get along so well?"

Liu Xiaoqi said: "That's because your third uncle is very capable. Not only does he not want the benefits from your father, but he can also get benefits from outside. Besides, your grandmother is gone, and Jia Cong's mother died very young. The wife has no son. Otherwise, it is no different from other families. The special case of your family cannot be counted."

Jia Gui sighed: "My mother told me a lot of things before I came out this time, and it sounded like a commentary, which is not true."

Su Cheng snorted, "Why don't you come to our house for a few days? Let you see for yourself."

"Okay!" Jia Gui's eyes lit up, "I haven't lived in someone else's house yet."

Su Cheng lazily said: "I declare in advance that I don't care about my business if I hold back."

Jia Gui giggled and said, "No, no! How can you hold back with Sister Su?" Liu Xiaoqi and Dong Yu looked at each other without saying a word.

The next day, Jia Gui pretended to be a "Wang girl from the capital" and posted a post at Su's house, saying that she knew Su Cheng.Her father used to be a member of the transfer department in Beijing in the early years, and then he was transferred out of Beijing.Now she came to Jingzhou to play with her cousin, and heard that Master Su Zheng had arrived in Jingzhou and brought Miss Su back, so she came to ask to see him.Because they didn't bring their maidservants with them and they were accompanied by soldiers from the special battalion, she hired a carriage and brought a soldier to pretend to be a servant.When the doorman heard that she was a young lady in Beijing who didn't even have a maid, and was wearing the clothes of a commoner woman, there was a bit of contempt in her eyes.For the first time in his life, Jia Gui was looked down upon.Although I knew it was a misunderstanding, I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart.

Not long after, a servant girl came to the door to greet her.Seeing that it was Li Xia who was important beside Su Cheng, the gatekeeper rushed to greet him: "Oh~~ Sister Li Xia, you actually came in person?" Looking back at Jia Gui, his eyes changed.

Lixia said: "This Miss Wang is an old acquaintance of our girls in Beijing." Nai sighed, "The girl said that it is hard to see old friends when we arrive in Jingzhou."

"Oh, so that's how it is hahaha..." Menzi smiled all over his face, "Sister Lixia, please~~" Seeing his face change, Jia Gui sighed inwardly: Oh, the world is so cold——

Li Xia led Jia Gui all the way to Su Cheng's courtyard, and heard someone making noise from afar.Li Xia frowned: "Why haven't we left yet?"

Jia Gui was here to play, his eyes lit up when he heard the excitement, and asked, "What happened?"

Li Xia twisted his lower lip: "There are always old ravens in the world who think they are pheasants, and dare to go up to the gate of Phoenix and bark."

The two walked to the gate of the courtyard, only to see a pretty maid arguing with people with her hips akimbo, and standing opposite was a woman in her thirties who looked like she was the aunt of the Su family, accompanied by a little maid and a Daughter-in-law.The aunt saw that Li Xia had brought a little girl whom she didn't recognize, and the girl was simple and unscrupulous, looking at Jia Gui's face, making Jia Gui feel uncomfortable.

Li Xia frowned and said: "Why are you still arguing? Don't disturb the girl. Send them away quickly."

The maid at the door was wearing a moon-white satin shirt, a green satin vest, a white crepe sweater, and a beaded flower on her hair. It was obvious that she was from Beijing. Dead people just hang on and don’t leave.”

The aunt shouted: "I'm just worried about the safety of the house, why don't people go in and have a look?" She also took a look at Jia Gui.Jia Gui was as curious as if she had 25 little mice in her pocket, but she still knew that she couldn't make a sound at this moment, she just stood by with bright eyes, and the words "watching a play" were written brightly on her face.

Li Xia frowned and said: "I hope this aunt knows who she is. If you don't know, how about I remind you?"

Auntie glanced at Jia Gui again, then at the daughter-in-law.The daughter-in-law shouted loudly: "Miss, I swear, I really saw two men in black clothes, one tall and one short, enter your yard! If you don't find them out sooner, you may cause trouble!" He stepped forward and grabbed Jia Gui's hand, "What do you think, girl? I can see clearly, and I haven't come out since I entered."

Li Xia and the maid at the door both looked down, and before they had time to speak, Jia Gui first said: "Ma'am, you don't sleep in the middle of the night, you come to Miss Su to watch at the door, do you want to come to her yard to steal things, or did you know someone would go in?" This yard, Tete is waiting here a little bit?" The daughter-in-law suddenly choked.Nai stared at Jia Gui for a long time, and couldn't help exerting strength in his hands.Jia Gui hurriedly shook off her hand, "Oh, it hurts so much!" Jia Gui learned to ride, shoot, and fight while urinating. His hand strength was much stronger than that of ordinary girls, and he staggered the daughter-in-law.

The daughter-in-law hurriedly said: "I woke up in the middle of the night to take a urinate, and saw the shadows of two men in black, so I quietly followed them all the way, and finally entered the eldest girl's yard, and never came out again."

Jia Gui said "wow": "You are awesome~~ You saw the shadows of two men in black in the middle of the night, and you were not scared? How dare you follow them all the way? Aren't you afraid that they are thieves?"

The daughter-in-law said: "I'm just afraid they are thieves!"

Jia Gui said, "Then why didn't you call for the nurse?"

The daughter-in-law glanced at the aunt, who sneered and said, "Isn't there a misunderstanding?"

Jia Gui asked naively, "What misunderstanding?"

Auntie shook the handkerchief: "How do I know what the misunderstanding is?"

Jia Gui became more and more surprised: "I don't know what your name is?"

My aunt was about to speak, when the courtyard door opened with a creak, and Su Cheng stood behind him, annoyed: "What are you talking about, girl Fu, you have to eat my tea when you're thirsty. "

Jia Gui laughed and said, "It's quite fun, I've never seen such a stupid one."

Su Cheng said: "What misunderstanding do you have about the aunts and daughters-in-law of ordinary people? How can there be so many smart people?" He led her in.Jia Gui stepped forward to take her hand, neither of them looked at the three.

Seeing that they were about to go in, the aunt shouted: "Miss, are you afraid to let me in?"

Su Cheng didn't turn around, and said: "I'm not happy to let you in, so you won't be able to come in." Naiming, "Drive away."

The aunt became louder and louder: "The master was alarmed, and the girl lost face even more."

Li Xia shouted: "Why does our girl have no face?"

Auntie sneered and said, "I don't know if the eldest girl obeys the rules or not?"

Only then did Su Cheng turn around: "Rules? The rules have always been followed by you, and I don't use them. As long as I'm happy, it's okay to change the rules."

Jia Gui read happily from the side: "The law is made by the ruling class!" Su Cheng gave her a sideways look and dragged her in.

The aunt shouted unwillingly from behind: "Every woman in this world has to abide by the rules! How can a big girl be different?"

Su Cheng pretended not to hear, and waved his hand to order the door to be closed.On the contrary, Jia Gui was so happy that he didn't know where it came from. He dragged Su Cheng's hand and smiled back, "Who told you? Go scold him. He lied to you~~"